Teh, Ming Tat and Embi, Muhamad Ali and Low, Kah Choon (2023) Organizational factors that contribute to police misconduct among Royal Malaysia Police (Rmp) in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. Russian Law Journal, 11 (6s). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2309-8678

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Abstract

The police institution is the leading national security institution in maintaining national security, especially in matters related to peace and harmony. However, it is reasonable to speculate that police officers would react similarly to other employees when they perceived organizational mistreatment. Hence, this study aims to determine the organizational factors that could contribute to police misconduct. The respondents of the study were consisting of 379 police officers in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. The research instrument used was a questionnaire using a five-Likert scale and the results were analysed through the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences to measure whether there is a significant relationship between the study variables. Results indicate that three factors can be concluded that affect police misconduct which are leadership, organizational culture, and the work environment factors. Meanwhile, the findings also highlighted that organizational structure as well as the training and development factors do not affect police misconduct. Finally, the outcomes also found that the organizational culture is the factor that affects the most police misconduct compared to the leadership and work environment factor. The major implication of this study is for the police officers especially those in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor to understand the current situation of police misconduct and how the organizational factors affect police misconduct. The headquarters of the police department also could look forward to improvising the organizational factors based on the results. In practice, it was extremely important for the top management of the Police Service to comprehend the factors that influence police misconduct in the police department in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor to implement strategies to improve the performance of their duties

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Organizational Factors, Leadership, Training and Development, Organizational Culture, Organizational Structure, Police Misconduct
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Divisions:	School of Government
Depositing User:	Mr. Izhar Hj. Hashim
Date Deposited:	03 Nov 2026 07:04
Last Modified:	03 Nov 2026 07:04
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/34387

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